No one expects....

The Spanish Inquisition



I have watched way too much Monty Python over the last few days :o)

How small you are.

Some times I forget.

I saw this while tidying up before heading to bed and had to snap a picture. My husband has taken Logans shoes off and dropped them on top of his in the corner of the dining room (Oddly enough that is wear my husbands work shoes live). My husband has size 12/13 feet and they make Logans shoes seem so small.

Altered picture frames and needlepoint tapestry

This took me months but I have finally finished it. I still have to streach it but I am going to wait till I have decided what to do with it. I think it would look nice framed though its meant to be a cushion.


My little boy got a little devil costume from his uncle when he was born and I have been dying to frame this picture of him wearing it. I added a couple of spiders and some webbing using black card, a few eyelets and a black fineliner.


I picked up some mulberry paper flowers recently and decided that they would really perk up my wedding photos. I only have these three on display as they show how much Charlie and I enjoy eachother.

Scratch mitts and baby grows

My little boy Logan is 4 months old in a few days. I feel like time has flown by. I think what makes it seam that way even more is that Logan is growing at an alarming rate. He has been checked out by numerous doctors and we have been told that his growth is perfectly healthy and that he will slow down in time. As my husband Charlie is over 6 ft tall and big with it they are not surprised. This picture was taken today. In it Logan is wearing a 6 - 9 months baby grow. He has been grumpy all evening as I have made him wear his scratch mitts. He has dry skin on his face and he keeps scratching it, poor love.

Fuse beads

Recently while clearing up my stash of craft goodies I came across my jar of Hama fusible beads. I loved these for a while but quickly ran out of ideas after making a few coasters. A quick search on the net revealed a whole community of people creating beautiful things based on computer game sprites. I couldn't resist giving it a go myself. I may be looking down the barrel of thirty and a new mum but when I get time I still love to lose myself in a computer game.


Kirby.


Bomberman.


Kermit (Not game related but I love kermy!)


Pacman and crew :o)


Yoshi and Wolverine.


Hello Kitty.

I have a load of ideas and will post more as I finish them. I have way too many hobbies :o)

Giggle

I love this picture of Logan smiling over his dads shoulder. This layout started out as an entry for a challenge at Ad This but I got distracted and never finished it in time.

Busy Bunny

I have been severely remiss and need to be punished for my complete lack of dedication to my blog. I have been desperately busy over the last few week and to be honest a little bored with the whole blogger thing.


The hubby and I have managed to paint the kitchen a lovely powder blue which looks yummy against the while detailing and really suits our 1910 Victorian house.



We also painted our bathroom a bright turquoise, it looks wonderful. This picture really doesn't do it justice.
We have also painted the master bedroom but as my hubby is asleep in it right now, no chance of a picture just yet.

Spank Me

I am a terrible blogger. I need to be spanked for my lack of posts of late. Even this post is going to be tragically short as my little boy has decided its bed time. Just not enough hours in the day at the moment. But I promise tomorrow to show off the few things I have managed to do since I last posted.

Like a Kid in a candy store

There is some serious candy up for grabs by some wonderful women. You really need to check out the following blogs, these women will inspire you.

Enfys Anniversary Candy

Kaboodle Doodles Candy

Stamp and Sparkle Candy

Kaths Candy

Dawny P’s Candy

I.B.S

I.B.S also known as Irritable Baby Syndrome.
Strikes when ever mum is trying to work on a challenge
Only known cure - Cuddles.

Logan has been suffering IBS for a couple of day and I am starting to get used to doing everything with one hand whilst carrying or bouncing him. Even managed to type this with one hand. :0)

Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Heres my take on "thank you"

Paper take weekly challenge

My take on "Seeing Spots"

Sketch and Stash Challenge

Made using the new Pink Petticoat downloadable papers "Pretty Doodles" and "Blooming Doodles"

2 Sketches 4 you

My go at this weeks challenge.

I fell in love today....

With a set of stamps..Shh don't tell my husband.

Starving Artistamps have some yummy new releases and If Logan was growing out of his clothes faster than I can afford them I would be reaching for my credit card right now. I guess I will just have to cross my fingers as they are giving away some of their yummy stamps as blog candy. You must check they out they are beyond cute!.

Cupcake craft challenge

I can't seam to leave these challenges alone!. Logan has had the serious grumbles tonight and as you can see I am still awake at this ungodly hour.
The Cupcake challenge was to create a card using glitter. Well Im not a girly girl by a long shot so this one was a little harder than expected but I like what I came up with. I have had the black glittery heart in my stash for a while waiting for the right card. Sorry for the fuzzy picture, I must work out the settings on my camera.

Mojo Monday

I decided to give a challenge a go this week and I have to say i'm hooked! This is my entry for Mojo Monday. The designers there are incredible and very inspiring.

Happiness

I am scrapping like crazy at the moment. Good thing I have got lots of pictures!.

New Years EVE

My husband and I spent along time debating what to do on new years eve. We had a baby sitter (my mum) all organized, an invite to a cosplay party and our taxi (my dad) booked. We decided that despite the fact it was new year we didn't want to go out at all. That we would spend the evening both doing something that we loved. We looked at going to the cinema and the zoo on new years day but decided against those too. In the end we stayed in. Charlie working on his art and me scrapbooking. It was perfect.

A brand new year

When I sit and think of the pass year, I am stunned into silence, which is a rare thing indeed. So much has happened in the space of a year that it’s a little hard to comprehend. Our nice orderly life has been turned upside down and we are loving every second of it.

We bought our first home. A big step in anyone’s book. A three bed Victorian end of terrace that still needs some love and attention thought we have managed to decorate three rooms so far. We got it for a seriously good price, all we had to do was move to Wales, which hasn’t been bad at all.

We had our son, Logan. I thought that I would never have kids so when that little blue line appeared it came as a bit of a shock. Even more so to my husband when I rang him in work to tell him. He is wonderful and beautiful and I love him, simple as that.

My husband and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. I will always be thankful for him and his ability to make me smile when I want to kill.

I feel, as does everyone at this time of year, that I should make some new years resolutions. I though long and hard over them and decided on these.

1. Clean less and scrap more. In the future my friends and family won’t care that my washing up wasn’t done straight away or that I had a pile of ironing a mile high. Share what matters to you, the rest can wait awhile.
2. Watch a new film once a month. My husband and I love to watch films but of late we have found ourselves watching the same ones over and over again. We have a rather substantial collection of DVDs and a disappointing amount of them we have never watched.
3. Finish what I start. I don’t know about you but I have numerous projects sat in bags and boxes waiting for me to finish them. Many of them would only take a hour or so to finish but I keep getting distracted by the next thing.

Those are my resolutions. Simple and achievable.

Happy new year readers….If there are any of you!